I'm going to be away from home (and my computer) for the next couple of days, so I'm going to be posting several parts today, just to carry you all over for a while! Hope you enjoy them!

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Part 29

"Would you like me to just drop you at the gate?" Mac asked the children, as she drove them to school.

She didn't know 'the rules' for children this young. Her experience with Mattie said that maybe it would be better to keep low key, in front of the children's friends, but they were quite a bit younger than her, so she didn't know if they were as careful about their 'image' as Mattie was. Did children even bother about that sort of thing at such an early age? Her question was soon answered for her.

"Please would you come in?" Tyler asked, "I want to show you the wall display that we've been making in class."

"Yes, please," Tiegan agreed, "I want you to meet our teacher, Mrs. Hauptman."

"I've seen your classroom and met your teacher," Mac revealed, "Remember that day when I came in with Mrs. Roberts to pick you up? Well, we came here first to get AJ, Jamie and Gerry then went down to get Jimmy, before we came to you. You weren't in the classroom, remember? You were in the nurse's office, but we went to your classroom first. But do you want me to come in anyway?"

"Yes please," Tiegan and Tyler both nodded.

So, Mac parked the car and walked into the school building with the children, each holding one of her hands.

"There's our wall display," Tyler told her, as they walked into the class, "Our topic this term is ancient Egypt. That's my model of the Sphinx. I made it from paper-mache."

"And that's my model of the Egyptian God Ammit," Tiegan told Mac, "He's got the head of a crocodile, the upper half of a leopard and the bottom half of a hippo. The Egyptians called him 'The Devourer,' because he used to eat the people who had been very bad."

"Wow," Mac commented, "How long have you been doing about Ancient Egypt? You seem to know a lot about it. I'm sure Mattie would love to help you out sometime. She loves ancient history."

"Really?" Tiegan asked, "Because me and Tyler have to give an end-of-term report on something about Ancient Egypt. It's in front of the whole class and Tyler and I want to do well…It's going to be on our report card, next term."

"We'll ask Mattie when she gets home from school tonight," Mac nodded, "but I'm sure she'll be glad to help."

"Mrs. Rabb?"

Mac turned around and found the children's teacher standing behind her. The woman was short and blond and she sort of reminded Mac of Harriet.

"Mrs. Hauptman," Mac shook the woman by the hand, "The children just wanted to show me the things they have been doing in class…Is that okay? I'm not interrupting, am I?"

"Not at all," Mrs. Hauptman, "That's fine, absolutely fine. Class will start in about ten minutes, but you're very welcome to sit in on the class for as long as you like."

"That would be alright?" Mac asked, surprised.

"It would be just fine," Mrs. Hauptman reassured her, "I know that you and your husband are probably very interested in finding out more about how the kids are doing in class and this will be the perfect opportunity. Now, I'll just get the class settled, before I go and find you a proper chair."

All of the chairs looked less than adult sized and Mac was sure it wouldn't be a good idea to try and get down into one, what with the skirt she was wearing.

Ten minutes later, they were all settled, Mac included, in a more adult-sized chair.

"Okay class," Mrs. Hauptman began, "Today we have somebody who has come to see just what we've been doing in history. I want you to give Mrs. Rabb a warm welcome, she is Tyler and Tiegan's new Mum...Anyway, two weeks ago we began covering the Gods of ancient Egypt, as you remember, there were many of them, some which resembled animals…"

Mac noticed a few other children turning to give curious looks to Tyler and Tiegan, but they just gave them a sweet smile in return. Then they looked at her and grinned, unfazed by the attention they were getting from their classmates. But after this, they turned their attention back to the teacher, who was at the wall display, revising all of the information connected with the Egyptian Gods whom the children had lovingly created and illustrated.

Mac was proud of how eager the children were to not just listen, but also participate in the class discussion. They had their hands in the air every time Mrs. Hauptman asked a question.

When Mac finally got up to leave, Mrs. Hauptman was finished with the wall display and had moved onto the significance of the Egyptian Gods to the wildlife that lived in along the River Nile at that point in time.

She gave a quick wave to the children, nodded to Mrs. Hauptman and left.

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